13.02.2015 accepted the closure report filed by the
CBI in this matter, which aspect was not adverted to
by the author and thus in view of the order dated
13.02.2015 of the Special Judicial Magistrate
(CBI)/ACJM(I) Dehradun in case No. 1428/14 vide
which the closure report submitted by the CBI in
relation to the missing report for Guru Shanker Devi Ji
at PS Khankhan, Haridwar, which was registered on
16.07.2007 was closed, the publication in relation to
this aspect in 2017 prima facie cannot be held to be
justified.
…
140.
As regards ―Chapter 9 Mystery 1: The Ally‘s
Murder‖ which relates to the death of Swami
Yoganand, the key associate of the petitioner, it is
contended by the petitioner that through the said
chapter which reads to the effect …
it has been insinuated against the petitioner that he
had something to do with the murder of Swami
Yogananda on account of a falling out between the
petitioner and Swami Yogananda on account of a
falling out between the petitioner and Swami
Yogananda and the petitioner contends that it is been
further represented as if the Investigating Officer had
filed an extraordinary report by stating that the
perpetrators were unknown and that the respondents
had not clarified that such reports are called ―Untrace
Reports‖ and are common place and that the same had
been done with the sole intention of creating an aura
of suspicion so as to defame the petitioner and that in
the light of the ―Untraced Report‖ which has also
been admitted by the author, it is contended on behalf
of the petitioner that it is clear that there was no way
for the respondents to prove that the allegations were
true and accordingly no defence would succeed in
relation to the same. Prima facie the factum that there
was an ―Untrace Report‖ in existence, there exists no
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